- **Pros:
- Good exercise and it helps me lose weight
- Out in nature
- Beautiful garden and fresh vegetables/ herbs
- My animals enjoy me being outside
- Social connections with other gardeners
- It's fun to travel and visit other gardens and ask questions
- It's mentally healthy to have a strong passion for something in this life.
- It's a creative outlet for me..a garden is a living sculpture.
- **Cons:
- Constant exposure to sun on skin, hair and eyes
- Exhausted/sore in the evenings from the hard work.
- Plants and water are expensive
- A Garden is very fragile and can be destroyed by nature.
- Bug bites
- Dirty nails and no manicures
- Leaves me with little time for other hobbies
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